Discourses on the Christian revelation, viewed in connection with the modern astronomyR. Carter, 1840 - Presbyterian Church |
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... present them in a separate form . I look for a twofold benefit from this exhibition - first , to those more general readers , who are ignorant of the Scriptures , and of the richness and variety which abound in them -and , secondly , to ...
... present them in a separate form . I look for a twofold benefit from this exhibition - first , to those more general readers , who are ignorant of the Scriptures , and of the richness and variety which abound in them -and , secondly , to ...
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... present a great and an elevating spec- tacle — an immense concave reposing upon the circular boundary of the world , and the innumerable lights which are suspended from on high , moving with solemn regularity along its surface . It ...
... present a great and an elevating spec- tacle — an immense concave reposing upon the circular boundary of the world , and the innumerable lights which are suspended from on high , moving with solemn regularity along its surface . It ...
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... present to explain , we have ascertained first the distance , and then the magnitude of some of those bodies which roll in the firmament ; that the sun which presents itself to the eye under so diminutive a form , is really a globe ...
... present to explain , we have ascertained first the distance , and then the magnitude of some of those bodies which roll in the firmament ; that the sun which presents itself to the eye under so diminutive a form , is really a globe ...
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... present as varied . and magnificent a spectacle ; and this earth , the encompassing of which would require the labour of years from one of its puny inhabitants , is but one of the lesser lights which sparkle in their firmament . To them ...
... present as varied . and magnificent a spectacle ; and this earth , the encompassing of which would require the labour of years from one of its puny inhabitants , is but one of the lesser lights which sparkle in their firmament . To them ...
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... present acquirements ? We may guess with plausibility The what we cannot anticipate with confidence . day may yet be coming , when our instruments of observation shall be inconceivably more powerful They may ascertain still more ...
... present acquirements ? We may guess with plausibility The what we cannot anticipate with confidence . day may yet be coming , when our instruments of observation shall be inconceivably more powerful They may ascertain still more ...
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Page 191 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 188 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 360 - For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 194 - Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it, 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
Page 190 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion ; and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ; and to an innumerable company of angels ; to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven ; and to God, the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 191 - And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer...
Page 186 - And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts : And I will declare Thy greatness.
Page 194 - ... feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 199 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass, " for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 189 - Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.